窮〔穷〕 kung⁴ {qióng}

1. exhausted
2. poor

窮巷〔穷-〕 kung⁴ hong⁶ {qióng xiàng}

no way to go; a blind alley

窮蹙〔穷-〕 kung⁴ cuk¹ {qióng cù}

1. hard-up
2. in dire straits
3. desperate

窮苦〔穷-〕 kung⁴ fu² {qióng kǔ}

1. impoverished
2. destitute

窮匱〔穷匮〕 kung⁴ gwai⁶ {qióng kuì}

1. to be short of sth
2. to be wanting in sth

窮國〔穷国〕 kung⁴ gwok³ {qióng guó}

poor country

窮人〔穷-〕 kung⁴ jan⁴ {qióng rén}

1. poor people
2. the poor

窮寇〔穷-〕 kung⁴ kau³ {qióng kòu}

cornered enemy

窮竭〔穷-〕 kung⁴ kit³ {qióng jié}

1. to exhaust
2. to use up

窮困〔穷-〕 kung⁴ kwan³ {qióng kùn}

1. destitute
2. wretched poverty

窮餓〔穷饿〕 kung⁴ ngo⁶ {qióng è}

exhausted and hungry

窮愁〔穷-〕 kung⁴ sau⁴ {qióng chóu}

1. destitute
2. troubled
3. penniless and full of care

窮追〔穷-〕 kung⁴ zeoi¹ {qióng zhuī}

to go in hot pursuit

窮盡〔穷尽〕 kung⁴ zeon⁶ {qióng jìn}

1. to use up
2. to exhaust
3. to probe to the bottom
4. limit
5. end

窮到燶〔穷-㶶〕 kung⁴ dou³ nung¹ {qióng dào nóng}

too poor

窮光蛋〔穷--〕 kung⁴ gwong¹ daan² {qióng guāng dàn}

1. poor wretch
2. pauper
3. destitute man
4. poverty-stricken peasant
5. penniless good-for-nothing
6. impecunious vagabond

窮二代〔穷--〕 kung⁴ ji⁶ doi⁶ {qióng èr dài}

1. those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
2. see also 富二代

窮竭法〔穷--〕 kung⁴ kit³ faat³ {qióng jié fǎ}

Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

窮忙族〔穷--〕 kung⁴ mong⁴ zuk⁶ {qióng máng zú}

the working poor

窮棒子〔穷--〕 kung⁴ paang⁵ zi² {qióng bàng zi}

1. poor but spirited person
2. destitute
3. the poor (traditional)

窮酸相〔穷--〕 kung⁴ syun¹ soeng³ {qióng suān xiàng}

1. wretched look
2. shabby looks

窮則思變〔穷则-变〕 kung⁴ zak¹ si¹ bin³ {qióng zé sī biàn}

poverty gives rise to a desire to change for the better

窮兵黷武〔穷-黩-〕 kung⁴ bing¹ duk⁶ mou⁵ {qióng bīng dú wǔ}

1. to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
2. militaristic
3. bellicose

窮奢極侈〔穷-极-〕 kung⁴ ce¹ gik⁶ ci² {qióng shē jí chǐ}

extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

窮奢極欲〔穷-极-〕 kung⁴ ce¹ gik⁶ juk⁶ {qióng shē jí yù}

to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

窮當益堅〔穷当-坚〕 kung⁴ dong¹ jik¹ gin¹ {qióng dāng yì jiān}

1. poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
2. the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

窮家薄業〔穷--业〕 kung⁴ gaa¹ bok⁶ jip⁶ {qióng jiā bó yè}

1. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
2. destitute

窮鄉僻壤〔穷乡--〕 kung⁴ hoeng¹ pik¹ joeng⁶ {qióng xiāng pì rǎng}

a remote and desolate place

窮於應付〔穷于应-〕 kung⁴ jyu¹ jing³ fu⁶ {qióng yú yìng fù}

1. to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2. to be at one's wits' end

窮山惡水〔穷-恶-〕 kung⁴ saan¹ ok³ seoi² {qióng shān è shuǐ}

barren hills and treacherous rapids (idiom); inhospitable natural environment

窮愁潦倒〔穷---〕 kung⁴ sau⁴ lou⁵ dou² {qióng chóu liáo dǎo}

1. destitute and troubled
2. in dire straits

窮鼠嚙狸〔穷-啮-〕 kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ lei⁴ {qióng shǔ niè lí}

a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

窮途末路〔穷---〕 kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁶ lou⁶ {qióng tú mò lù}

1. lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
2. in a plight with no way out
3. things have reached a dead end

窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親〔穷-闹-无-问------远亲〕 kung⁴ zoi⁶ naau⁶ si⁵ mou⁴ jan⁴ man⁶, fu³ zoi⁶ sam¹ saan¹ jau⁵ jyun⁵ can¹ {qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn}

the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain